Mark Ruffalo Will Motion-Capture Hulk for The Avengers

I’ll be honest with you, I’m not sure if this is really all that big of a departure from what Ang Lee did with his “Hulk” (yes, yes, I know you fanboys hated that movie with a passion — Mutant Dogs Bad! Ang Lee Bad! etc etc), but according to Mark Ruffalo, he’ll be suiting up in full motion-capture form ala “Avatar” for his role as The Hulk in “The Avengers”.

I’m really excited. No one’s ever played the Hulk exactly, they’ve always done CGI. They’re going to do the Avatar stop-action, stop-motion capture. So I’ll actually play the Hulk. That’ll be fun.

Again, I seem to recall a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff that had director Ang Lee actually acting out all of the Hulk’s scenes in front of a green screen for his 2003 movie. I could be wrong, of course. It’s Saturday morning and I’m just biding my time until college football commences in a few hours, so let’s just assume I’m right and move on.